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December 23, 2024
Xiaoqin Wang awarded a 2025 Pioneer Award in Basic Science
Wang was awarded for his pioneering work to establish the marmoset model system to elucidate the neural and behavioral basis of hearing and vocal communication.
December 18, 2024
News Brief: Jordan Green named a Provost Fellow for Public Engagement
Through tailored training and engagement opportunities, fellows will become skilled in providing expert media commentary, proficient at adapting their message to various audiences and stakeholders, able to identify emerging topics of broad interest, and equipped to craft compelling narratives.
December 17, 2024
News Brief: Steven Salzberg among world’s most cited researchers
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Steven Salzberg is among the 52 researchers from Hopkins listed on the annual Highly Cited Researchers list compiled by Clarivate Analytics.
December 16, 2024
AI-written patient messages could boost innovation in clinical care, study shows
Johns Hopkins researchers shows that LLMs can generate realistic patient data for training AI without compromising individual privacy.
December 13, 2024
Two BME Alums Named to Forbes 30 under 30 List
Hu was recognized in the Science Category for her work as co-founder of Kubanda Cryotherapy, the company uses a minimally invasive cryotherapy system is commercially sold to treat tumors.. Rosenberg was recognized in the Social Impact Category for her work to improve assistive tech options for people living with low vision through her company ReBokeh Vision Technologies.
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December 12, 2024
Photo spotlight: 2024 at Hopkins BME
Take a look back at some of our most memorable moments from 2024.
December 11, 2024
Getting real
Students in the Hopkins BME CBID program develop and create solutions for major challenges to human health, with a focus on real-world impact.
Compared to the state-of-the-art “SpliceAI” tool, the Hopkins team's "Splam" method uses a much shorter DNA sequence window to predict RNA splice sites, making its model more biologically realistic and feasible for use in research
December 11, 2024
New AI tool pinpoints gene splicing with unmatched precision
A recent innovation from Johns Hopkins researchers enables deeper insights into gene function and disease-linked mutations.
Blue and purple dots form into waves and represent ai models.
December 10, 2024
New AI cracks complex engineering problems faster than supercomputers
The shape-shifting technological solution by Johns Hopkins researchers could be a game-changer for engineering designs.
Andrew Feinberg
December 9, 2024
Andrew Feinberg wins prestigious Harvey Prize
Feinberg is honored for his pioneering research in epigenetics.
December 3, 2024
BME undergrad studies health risks faced by Maryland nail salon workers
Kevin Nguyen’s interdisciplinary research project aims to identify opportunities for community-based health-enhancing resources.
Computer rending of blood cells
November 26, 2024
Johns Hopkins team awarded funding for noninvasive anemia test
The 1.7M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help researchers to develop a low-cost, point-of-care tool for anemia screening.
Erika Moore smiling with a bright spotlight behind her.
November 21, 2024
Alumni Spotlight: Erika Moore
Moore uses a tissue model to analyze patients’ immune cells, examining how inflammation varies based on an individual’s environment and body. Her goal as an equity bioengineer is to understand why lupus, an autoimmune disease, disproportionally impacts women of color.
November 18, 2024
News Brief: Zwernemann receives 2023-2024 Distinguished EP Instructor Award
Instructors in the online and part-time programs at Johns Hopkins Engineering are notable for their skill in incorporating their expertise and real-world experience into their classes.
November 12, 2024
Artificial snail mucus could advance cancer treatments
An interdisciplinary undergraduate team is working to make synthetic snail mucus, which has potential applications in medicine and cosmetics.
November 11, 2024
News Brief: Rama Chellappa elected as a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering
This honor is conferred to those "who have made outstanding contributions in the selected areas of engineering and technology, maintained a consistent professional relationship with India, and emerged as a global leader for their most distinguished accomplishments."
November 7, 2024
Adam Charles earns NSF CAREER award to study the brain’s complex architecture
Charles is receiving $718,681 over the next five years to further his work on developing a brain-wide framework for understanding cognition and behavior. 
November 5, 2024
Hopkins BME student wins 2024 Career Impact Award
Established in 2021, the Career Impact Awards celebrate the unsung heroes within our community who have generously shared their time, expertise, and connections to support the professional and career growth of others.
A graphic shows the quantitative systems pharmacology based biomarker discovery
October 30, 2024
Computational tool developed to predict immunotherapy outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer
Using computational tools, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a method to assess which patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer could benefit from immunotherapy.
October 28, 2024
Scientists engineer ‘glowing’ gel to improve eye surgery
Innovation tackles long-standing challenge in cataract procedures by making surgical materials visible under blue light.
JHU students at Collegiate Inventors Competition
October 24, 2024
Johns Hopkins team takes runner-up in Collegiate Inventors Competition
Biomedical engineering students take home $5,000 prize for fetal surgery innovation
October 17, 2024
Hopkins joins Cancer AI Alliance
Johns Hopkins and Kimmel Cancer Center researchers collaborate on big data science.
October 10, 2024
Biomedical engineering startups present to investors at JHU Innovation Summit
The Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to have contributed to the vision of the Innovation Summit as well as being able to showcase startups like Kubanda Cryotherapy and Biolinco.
October 9, 2024
Student Spotlight: Heonjoon Lee
In this Q&A, learn more about how Heonjoon Lee, fifth year biomedical engineering PhD student, found his niche in biotechnology, his current research, and his life outside the lab.
Student teams pitch novel immunoengineering solutions to judges during Frameshift
October 4, 2024
JHU’s Translational ImmunoEngineering hub gets $6.4M renewal from NIH
The 6.4 million, five-year award will support the ongoing development of tools and methods for the advancement of immunoengineering.
October 2, 2024
Can AI improve how we handle obesity care?
Using a cutting-edge AI technique, Johns Hopkins researchers present a potential clinical tool to predict waist circumference and identify patients at risk for obesity complications.
October 1, 2024
News Brief: Hopkins team named finalist in Collegiate Inventors Competition
The student team's invention aims to reduce risks in fetal surgeries.
September 30, 2024
Two Hopkins BME grad students named Siebel Scholars
Recipients receive a $35,000 award to support their final year of studies. Additionally, they are invited to attend annual conferences to discuss global issues alongside heads of state, scientists, and other experts seeking solutions to the world's most complex and pressing problems.
September 30, 2024
Student Spotlight: Chiad Onyeje
Chiad Onyeje is a first-year biomedical engineering PhD student and a Vivian Thomas Scholar at Johns Hopkins University. We caught up with Onyeje to learn about how his first semester is going, the impact of VTSI on his education, and his research interests and goals beyond graduation.
September 25, 2024
Journal selects Hopkins BME research for cover
Immunoengineering research by Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers was recently featured on the cover of the journal JCI Insight.

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